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OREGON CITY, ORE.THURSDAY, OCT, 16, 1313.
No. 21
31st, YEAR
OREGON
A
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THE REBELLION, AND WHAT IS
BEHIND IT
A BIG BUSINESS MONEY SCRAP
Little Side Lights of the Big Contest
Down Beyond the Rio Grande
I did not go over into Mexico as I
had intended. Not because one could
not go over, but because the getting
back did not look promising, i went
along the border the greater part
from El Paso to Del Rio, but there
seemed to be a sign out "Abandon all
Hope Ye Who Enter Here," and I
had more hope than anything else,
and I did not care to lose it. Secretary
Bryan said don't do it, and I pinned
my faith to the orator of the Platte.
But along the border, in every little
river town, in Sanderson, Comstock,
you will find more interesting things
than over the line and in the ranks.
In these towns you find the adven
turers, the Soldiers of Fortune, the
men who sit around the round tables
in the back rooms of the saloons, and
have more to do with the Mexican re
bellion than the barefooted soldiers
who go out and get shot.
Here you will see the ten-to-one
Chance Americans, the fellows who
just hang onto this revolving old
sphere and yank a living off of it as
it rolls over. Disguised as cow pun
chers, with unshaven faces, they keep
along the border, mix with the Mexi
can disturbers, help set up the pins,
and when they have half a show for
their allies they jump over and take
a chance of being shot in the back as.
Madero was.
But it isn't these uneasy fellows I
am going to write of. You know them.
The U. S. is full of them. I am going
to tell you a little about the common
herd of Mexicans, the men who live
in the interior.
Like the Italians, there are several
varieties of Mexicans. Down Mexico
City way you see one class, the poll
tical class, the job holding class, the
better class, so called.
Over in Northern Mexico you see
another class. These fellows don't
hold any jobs or have any pull. They
just get out and make trouble, join
any old thing that promises scrap.
It is said, and I believe on the au
thority of the New York Journal (and
Editor Hurst has big mining interests
in Mexico) that the common class of
Mexicans fight just for the deviltry
of it, and that they don't know what
they are fighting about or for.
It would almost seem so, but why
it seems so is that we Americans do
not understand the Indians.
These men are ignorant, deplorably
ignorant, and they don't go after
things the way a white man would.
It would seem as if they did not know
what they were after. Some disturber
will come along with a little gold
braid and a few brass buttons, and he
can gather a bunch of followers in
just about thirty Mexican minutes.
Another fellow with a yard or two
more braid and a few more buttons
can rob the. first fellow of his army,
It would seem they were a crazy lot,
not knowing or carrying much who
they fought or fought for, but the
man who knows Mexicans, knows the
conditions under which they exist
and who -understands the Indian
ways of the Mananna people, this man
knows that there are reasons, just
reasons and big reasons for the up
rising in Mexico.
And the real reason is that Mexico's
land is in great holdings and the com
mon man has no chance. There is no
hope for him. An existence is all
there is before him. He lives in pov-
erty, deplorable poverty. All he can
hope for is enough to eat and half
enough to wear.
And these men make up the rebel
army of Mexico. Given Jjalf a chance
tney wouia De peaceiui and contented.
But seven thousand families own all
the arable land of Mexico, and mil
lions of the working class are little
better than slaves as a result.
Feudalism flourishes in Mexico, as
it has long nourished. The common
Mexican has something to fight for
and he is fighting for it going up
against it hard. Feudalism has ever
died hard. It is dying hard over the
Rio Grande, but it looks as if it. was
going to die.
From Sanderson they told me
could cross the river into Northern
Mexico without much trouble, but
they told me it was all up to develop-
ment whether I ever could get back
again, and I showed the yellow.
I talked with an American who had
been down in the interior.He had
been four months in jail. He said he
never knew what they stuck him- un
for, but that they threw him in and
for sixteen weeks he got "toast, stale
bread and the holy Bible" and he said
he had a standing challenge to quote
more scripture than any man in the
United States, barring ministers. He
said he had no part or interest in the
rebellion, was simply looking through
the country to see if there was any
" thing not nailed down, when he was
arrested as "among those present,"
"Back to the waving corn for me,"
said the Irishman.
It's a great game, this war game,
and the border is thick with men, who
while not cowards, know they would
not last long enough for. a court mar
tial to get to them, if they went across
the river. .
They have all been over there, all
had a hand in the framing and the
fighting so the residents tell you.
They pointed out to me a young fel
low, not over 25 years old, who they
said had been one of the prime mov
ers in. Sonora. He looked like a
ranchman s son, dressed with a grey
flannel shirt, and laced boots. I waited
my chance and spoke to him. So long
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as the conversation was confined to
stock conditions in Texas, the chances
for rain and how sheep were doing,
he was courteous and entertaining.
but the minute I pushed the talk
around to Mexican troubles he closed
up like a telephone booth, and there
was nothing doing.
They tell me that anyone who
knows anything about the war game
can come down here, cross over and
get a following in about fifteen min
utes. A private in the standing army,
who knows the drill work, can get a
soto stalk and line up a bunch of men
who are dying to die for their coun
try. And they say about as soon as
they can do the "present arms
there comes from some mysterious
source some Standard Oil guns. If he
can hold the fellows together, that is
pasture them where there is some
chance of pillage and forage, and add
to his numbers, then he is considered
as a factor in the situation. If he
can't, then he is soon done for by the
federals. If he isn't killed in battle, he
is given a splendid chance to be as
sassinated later a casual shot in the
back, the kind Madero got.
It s a great old scrap viewed from
the safe American side of the muddy
Kio Grande, but I can't help but think
if the Americans would have kept out
of it, it would have been settled long
ago. Mexico is a gold mine and the
Yankee knows it rancho doesn t.
There are rich mines down there.
There are great expanses of grazing
land. You can buy the land for 75
cents an acre, and you can get the
mines by simply claiming (and de
fending) them. The trouble now is
title. A man may have a valuable
property today. All he has to do is to
forget he has it for a few years (no
taxes) and he will wake up some
morning and find he has fallen heir
to something, that an aunt in De
troit has died and left him all there
was to leave. But in Mexico today you
are a millionaire and tomorrow you
are hunting a meal ticket. It all de
pends on which way the wind blows.
They say the national election, Oc
tober 26, will settle things, but it
won t that s my guess.
Porfina Diaz ruled these black
people with a hand of iron for many
years. He played : the game to the
limit, but didn t or couldn t read the
sign language. De la'Barre followed
him for a day, and then that patriot,
Francisco Madero, stepped into the
shoes of the tyrant. Given half a
chance, they tell me, Madero would
have made good. The majority was
with him, and he had plans to give the
acres of Mexico back to the Mexicans
and give them a chance to live con
tented.
But Huerta double crossed and be
trayed him. He did it through the
help of Jbelix Diaz, the man he now
fears, and a nephew of the old ruler.
Madero was snot m the hack, assas
sinated, and here's betting Huerta
will shuffle off just about the same
finish a little later this fall. He dare
not run for president; he dare not loos
en his present hold. It's a short end
either way he plays it.
It s a great game, to watch irom
along the side lines, and it is a wise
man who can tell how it will end.
Two big business factions are scrap
ping for it. Wall Street knows more
about the situation than the men in
the ranks. The Mexicans are the
checkers, they are fighting for some
thing. There is nothing to lose and
there is a hope for freedom. They
are becoming enlightened. They are
no loneer neons and pelows. Just how
they will work it out, you and I don't
know, but certain it is they will keep
on making trouble until they get
what they want, or what they are en
titled to. October 26 may settle things
for a period, but they will never stay
settled until they are settled rignt.
The common Mexican is very much
like his cousin, he Indian. They will
not not work steadily and will not
work at all unless necessity compels
it I do not mean the Spaniard when
I say Mexican I mean the half In
dian Greaser. You can never make
Americans of these fellows or teach
them American ways.
Given a few acres of land, from
which they can make a Mexican liv
ing, with very little work, and they
are the most contented, care-free
people on earth. Denied this way of
existence, then they are a bad lot and
ripe for anything that bobs up.
Many of the so-called peon class
live on a lower level than American
hogs. Frijole beans, many times with
out the least seasoning but Chili pep
per, is their breakfast, dinner and
supper, and if one of them gets a
piece of pork as big as his fist, he
think he has a banquet. His coffee
is the beans from the mesquite tree,
roasted. They are half clad, dis-heart-ened,
surley, and they look at the
"Gringos" (Americans as thieves of
their country.
With a common class requiring so
little for contentment, it seems
strange that there need be a rebel
lion in Mexico.
But Mexico is too close to the Uni
ted States.
M. J. Brown.
Bovs. Take Notice
The state game law has this pro
vision regarding shooting in corpor
ate limits, and some of the young
lads with .ii rules should need it:
"All wild birds and animals within
the corporate limits of the city or
town, or in any public park, cemetery,
or on the campus or grounds of any
public school, college or university, or
any National watershed, bird or game
reservation, are protected at all sea
sons bv the laws of the state of Ore-
gon. The penalty for the violation of
this section of the law is a fine of $50
to $100 or imprisonment
WiniVlll WOMEN
u uuivui ana cirls
(over 18 years of age)
To operate SEWING Machines
in garment factory
Oregon City Woolen Mills
LET US HAVE A
CITY MANAGER
AND RUN THIS CORPORATION
ON BUSINESS METHODS
HAVE OUTGROWN OLD SYSTEM
Gives Us the Right Charter and We
Will Have Right Government
Tf tbn Charter revision committee
that Mayor Jones has appointed will
get right down to brass tacks, cut out
all politics and have only the future
and best good of this city in view,
there could be some wonderful chan
ges in government for the best good
of all framed into that charter, and
this city could be run, as it should
be run, on the same business system
that big business concerns are run
and we would get 50 per cent more
efficiency and save the city lots of
money. - ' ;: -. . ,
The trouble witn this cny is me
trouble of every city of its size the
trouble is the system. It has grown too
big for country village, no salary ad
ministration. .
We have a city of about 6,000 pop
ulation with nine men to govern it.
Every one of these men has his pri
vate business to look after, and the
city's business must necessarily be a
side-line a work that is taken up
after hours, an overtime proposition,
and a work that not a man of them
gets any pay for
It isn't business, common sense or
human nature to expect these men to
neglect their own business, the busi
ness that provides them with liveli
hoods and takes care of their homes
and families, to give this time to the
running of a city, for which they get
absolutely no pay and many, many
Many of the councilmen put in
long extra hours of hard work for the
city, but it is not sunicieno iur uih
needs of the city. The city is too big
for the small system.
What this city neeas, ana wnai
every city of its size on the coast will
soon have, is a form of government
that is business; a form of govern
ment where there is direct authority
and personal responsibility, a manage-
T ... T.TIll i-J. Tl Of n
ment like-tne wiuameue jrapci w.,
head, a system, and results.
There are various forms of reform
city government. Some are better
than others and they get better re
sults. This city needs a manager, a su-norintonrlBn)-..
a man who knows the
business, knows how to manage, who
has made the work a stuay.
Tt. Hopsn't matter whether this man
comes from Portland, Ore., or Port
land, Me., so long as he knows how to
run cities. Hire him as big business
hires its managers; hire him because
ha ran lav down the troods.
We can't get this quality of a man
to do the work nights and do it for
nothing. We will have to pay him for
his ability, and we win.- get, aimi
acrnrdinc to salary.
This city can pay a man who knows
how to manage cities $4,000 a year,
save thousands of dollars and then
have the satisfaction of Jiaving things
move from the word go.
Tf tVio pit.i7.pnn of this town would
only jump right into this matter, getl
behind it and everlastingly pusn iw
we could have a charter iramea in ou
days that the people would vote thru
with ft bane1.
There is no use eoine at it the way
the former con-.mission did. It was a
big expense and the people turned it
Hnwn. In the first Place they knew
but very little about it, they had no
part in its making and tne city iook
no pains to put it before them.
If fifty or more of our public spiri
ted, patriotic citizens would just give
some time to tnis cause, anu jump
right into this matter, work with the
revision committee, hold public meet
ings and stir up some enthusiasm,
then frame a charter in as few pages
as possible and leave push in it
individual responsible management, it
would go and go easy.
This city has long passed out oi tne
country village class. It has outgrown
the country town administration. It
wants a business government. The
people want it. It is simply a matter
of getting it, simply a matter of stir
ring up the people, and getting mem
to act. . .
Who will get in and help boost this
needed reform?
"GOING UP"
Elevator Material is Here and Con
struction will Start at Once
It looks very much as if we are going
tn have the nublic elevator now.
Whether it will run after we have
it, is not anywhere nearly so certain.
The firsts hipment of steel for the
elevator construction has arrived, the
rest is in Portland, and the city and
the contractors will go ahead with the
work at once, and rush it to comple
tion.
The water commissioners have re
fused to furnish water for power to
operate the elevator and refused to
construct mains to the elevator.
Last Saturday at the special coun
cil meeting, the council passed this
resolution, offered by Councilman Al
bright: "Mr. Mayor, I move that the
city council instruct the board of
water commissioners to construct
that pipe line to the elevator with
. the understanding that the city
will pay for the main and the
matter of rental can be later de
termined." This motion carried with it instruc
tions to lay the pipe line from the
main and connect with the elevator.
Thee ity will pay for the pipe and for
the water used.
Whether or not the water commis-
sioners will obey the resolution of
the council, remains to be seen, but
the council proposes to go ahead with
the elevator, (the contract has been
let and they cannot do much else.)
They propose to complete the elevator
and if the water commissioners re
fuse the water to operate it, they
will put the matter up to the people
for disposal.
There is some doubt as to whetner
the amount voted for by the people
will complete the elevator, but the
council thinks it has done the best it
could under the conditions, and that
the people will approve a larger bond
issue if it is . shown that the work
cannot be completed for the sum vot
ed. . .
The differences between th council
and water'-commissioners are not
serious, and no doubt they will be ad
justed. Contracts have been let, ma
terial has been made and shipped,
and there is no way now to stop the
erection of the elevator.
Under these i conditions the only
thing for the council and commission
to do is to -fix things up and go ahead
with the work. -,!
There is considerable discussion of
making a, very small charge for ser
vice to meet the operating expenses of
the elevator.
WAIT FOR THE REPORTS
Don't Decide Water Proposition Until
You' Have Something to Decide
It will be but 'a' matter of two or
three weeks before the full reports of
all four water propositions will be put
up to the people in dollflj's and cents,
and then the matter win settle down
to a campaign of decision, and it is
to be hoped Oregon City will settle
the question right for a long time to
come. .
Hal Rands, the engineer with a crew
of five men, is making surveys of the
South Clackamas project and he hopes
to have his report ready by the last of
this month. Oregon City has the ut
most confidence in Mr. Rands. He is
one of the best engineers in Oregon, a
man of unquestioned integrity and
honesty, and when he submits his re
port it will be as nearly accurate as
can be made.
On' the other hand Prof. F, J. Tooze
has spent many weeks of hard work
on the Bull Run proposition, has gone
to the very bottom of the proposition,
and when he makes his reprt the peo
ple will be fully assured that it is
absolutely honest and reliable and the
cost of the pipe line and other ex
penses are as nearly correct as it is
possible o give them.
Until these reports are in, there is
little use of discussing or sustaining
any project, and when they are sub
mitted the matters no doubt will be
speedily settles. . .
There appears to be very little sen
timent in favor of either the Engle
bricht or Canby propositions. Oregon
City has learned by costly experience
what many other cities has learned
in the same way and paid the same
price for, that there is only one way
io settle the water problem, and that
's to settle it right, and it is not likely
that any nroposition will be seriously
considered that does not have before
't absolutely pure water.
The matter to decide will no doubt
be between Bull Run and theClacka
mas. The Portland papers recently
published some figures regarding what
bull Run water would cost, hut until
it is determined the amount of water
we will need, and several other mat
ters in connection, the matter is not
made plain. Mr. Tooze for the city
council, will soon have a full report,
then the matter will be down to con
sideration.
In the meantime just make up your
mind that you will be a worker for
pure water and a bigger city. Donjt
determine you will favor one proposi
tion and fight another. Leave the the
matter open and leave yourself open
for conviction.
INSPECTORS FIND FAULT
One Market Fined $25, Other Places
Ordered to Clean Up.
Inspectors of the pure food com
mission, Mickel, with several deputies,
made a descent on Oregon City meat
markets, restaurants and slaughter
houses this week, and a result was
that a Main Street meat market was
fined $25 for unsanitary conditions,
another meat market was censured
and a slaughter house was found in a
bad condition. Health Officer Dr. J.
A. vanBrakle accompanied the state
officials on the inspection.
The inspectors state that all meat
markets, restaurants and other places
must maintain their (places in 'ac
cordance to law.
"Confident of Cusses"
An amusing typographical error
slipped through the Enterprise Tues
day in its write up of the work of
the temperance committee on the local
option proposition. The paper stated:
All the members feel confident
of cusses, although they will not
drop one plan of campaign or
let one detail slide.
Members of the committee say that
they do feelc onfident of some cusses
but that they are more confident of
"success," and this was doubtless the
word written.
Judge Forbids Tax Collection
Holding that the city council has
nn authoritv to raise any funds until
the city's charter had been adopted,
Judge Campbell of the circuit court
Saturday filed a decree preventing
Sheriff Mass from collecting the 10-
mill lew airainst John Downey of
Willamette.
A Bargain for a Buyer
For" sale at a bargain, house and
lot in Kansas City addition, 6 room
house, lot 100 x 250, cellar, spring,
city water, chicken house for 250
hens, young orcnard, prunes ana
peaches. If you want this kind of a
place, here is your chance. Paul El
lings, Route 6, box 47, or call at the
Courier office.
IT IS ALL IN THE
DF
AND SHALL A DOZEN MEN DE
CIDE THAT POINT?
OR IS IT FOR PUBLIC VERDICT
Some Points to Think Over in Health
Officer Controversy
If some particular church or reli
gious organization in this city should
hold a meeting and a half dozen of its
officers pass a resolution denouncing
other churches as fakes and gold
brick organizations, what an indig-.
nant public would do to this organiza
tion would be a plenty.
The different churches have differ
ent means for the same end. Individ
ual choice depends on the point of view
An osteopath says the proper means
to stir up a sluggish liver is by means
of the hands.
A regular medical physician says
the proper way to get that liver back
into full tone is by means of calomel.
Both are a means to the same end.
It isn't for the physicians to declare
which the patient shall take. It's for
the billious individual to decide.
Last week half dozen local phy
sicians met and issued a statement.
The Courier will on publish the state
ment, for it has plenty of trouble now
in stock and isn't hunting an more
lible suits or indictments.
It was a damaging publication, an
uncalled for statement, and it defied
the state health laws and the county
court.
As before stated, this is a big coun
ty and filled with thousands of men
and women, men and women who do
their own thinking.
The half dozen physicians who have
been trying to dictate and force action
on health matters, have no right to
pose as representing the sentiment of
this county for they do NOT repre
sent it. .
The physicians are fighting the ap
pointment of Dr. van Brakle as
health officer because he has a dif
ferent way of curing thes ick.
There would be just as much reason
for the medical association to meet
and "condemn the Christian Scientists
for healing withont drugs.
The physicians say Dr. van Brakle
is not a graduate from a "reputable"
medical college, therefore is not eli
gible to the office of health officer.
And herein comes the "point of
view" again.
Dr. van Brakle is a graduate of the
osteopath college of Kirksville, Mo.
He took a full three year's course there
and no doubt it cost him fully as much
hard work, time and money as it has
cost any medical physician. .
It isn't for a half dozen local med
ical physicians to declare that because
Dr. van Brakle graduated from a. col
lege that doesnt use the knife or
drugs, that the college is not reput
able. That is for the people who have to
be governed by Dr. van Brakle as
health officer to decide. They are the
ones to raise the kick if there is any.
The laws tell the physicians what
their duties are.
And have you heard of any protests
from the people? Have you heard of
their passing any resolutions that Dr.
Van Brakle is a fakir, a gold brick, a
figurehead, because he does not be
lieve in carving up the sick and pour
ing drugs down them?
There is in Portland a specialist
who has a state wide reputation for
remarkable cures of cases and ail
ments of long standing. He is an M.
D., a graduate from what our local
physicians would term a "reputable"
medical college.
Yes this physician heals without
drugs or the knife and he heals.
This whole matter of opposition to
the appointment of Dr. van Brakle is
petty and foolish.
As health officer he hasn t got to
perform any operations for appendi
citis or cut off any limbs. His duty
is to attend to health conditions, to
prevent and to fight epidemics. The
person taken with scarlet fever choos
es his. own physician and takes what
course of treatment he wills.
Before this health appointment was
made, and the physicians fell down on
their "deep laid plot," they were not
fighting Dr. Van Brakle. His way of
treating the sick was not antago
nized by them. They did not meet and
pass resolutions denouncing him as
a fakir or a gold brick. When he vol
untarily went into the work of clean
ing up this city last summer, a work
which the Live Wires heartily endors
ed, the medical association did not
complain that he was not competent
for the health work.
County Judge Anderson did just the
right and proper act, under the cir
cumstances, when he appointed Dr.
van Brakle as health officer. '
The physicians themselves forced the
iudee to make this appointment by
trying to dictate their own choice.
The people are generally satisfied
that Dr. van Brakle will make en
tirely good as health officer. They
are not interested in the fight between
methods.
TRIBUTE TO M. J. LAZELLE
Portland Commercial Club Expresses
Sorrow at Untimely Death
Recognizing the splendid ability of
the late Marhall Lazelle, and regrett
ing his untimely death, the Portland
Commercial Club passed the follow
ing resolutions:
"Whereas, Marshall J. Lazelle has
been called away from his earthly ac
tivities, and
"Whereas, as secretary of the publi
city department of the Oregon City
Commercial Club, Mr. Lazelle was ef
ficient, able, faithful and courteous,
and in all his work showed his loyal
T
ty to his home community, his devo
tion to his native state of Oregon, and
his patriotism to his country; there
fore be it
"Resolved, that the executive com
mittee of the Portland Commercial
Club that we do hereby record upon
our minutes this expression of our
keen sense to the loss to this state,
as well as to his berieved family and
friends, in his untimely taking-off in
the bloom of his young manhood and
citizenship; and be it further
"Resolved, that a copy of these res
olutions be forwarded to the press of
Oregon City, his native city, for publication."
ILL HAVE HEW PI
CONTRACT LET FOR NEW BUILD
ING ON MAIN STREET
Two Story Brick to be Built on Site
of Promotion Office
Paul Weisinger, of the Weinhardt
estate, has been given a contract by
the. government to erect a postoffice
building next to the Weinhardt block
on Main Street between Eighth and
Ninth Street, for a postoffice build
ing, and work will be started at once.
The site is the residence occupied by
Sheriff Mass and the promotion of
fice of the commercial club, which
will be torn down.
The building will cost $12,000 and
the entire ground floor will be used
for the postoffice.
It is expected the building will be
completed by January 1.
In the contract entire new postof
fice fixtures are provided.
HELP THIS CAUSE
Get Your Heart in the Right Place
and be There October 24
The Moose order and the Woman's
Club have taken hold of a most worthy
aid proposition, and the people of
this city will certainly back them
handsomely.
The proposition is a birthday aid for
Mrs. Anna Snyder, the blind mother
of two little children.
Next week Friday there will be a
benefit play at the Bell Theatre, where
the theatre management has donated
the theatre and the players for Mrs.
Snyder, and she will get the entire
proceeds. The printing offices have do
nated the printing and the Moose or
der, the Woman's Club and any num
ber of citizens will do all they can to
make this benefit a happy birthday
for Mrs. Snyder and her kiddies.
You people of the city remember
this date, October 24. You men 'skip
a cigar or two, you women give the
price of an ice cream where it will do
worlds of good. Fill the theatre, and
fill it again. Don't ask the ticket sell
erf or change. Help to make the
coming winter more comfortable and
pleasant for this lady and her babies.
SUPERVISORS WILL
NOV. 5.
CONVENE
County Court Calls Good Roads Con
ference in this City
There are 58 road supervisors in
this county, and Judge Anderson and
the county commissioners have decid
ed on the fine idea of having a get-
together meeting of these road over
seers in this city november 5, to de
termine what work is most needed for
the county and to finnd out just where
tne county is at.
Every superviser in the county will
be asked to attend this conference,
and everyone will be asked to make a
report of his district, of the number
of miles of road in his district, what
part is graded, graveled, has crush
ed stone, plank, etc., that the court
may know just where the work is
at and the county's needs.
This is a splendid suggestion and
movement toward better roads that is
bound to have good results. The 58
men will get together, discuss their
work and their problems with the
county court, and out of it will come a
system of permanent and better roads
as fast as it is advisable for the
county to build them.
This is a large county and the road
proposition is one of its greatest and
most expensive problems. If all of
the road districts were given the aid
really needed it would be a heavy
burden on the county. It cannot be
all done at once, but the county court
members hope this conference will re
suit in a system of more permanent
road building, and that as far as
main roads are improved that they be
bunt more for the future.
. Clover Seed Alive with Worms
Paul Ellings had a pint can full of
the sweepings from a hay mow the
first of the week that should be thor
oughly investigated. The can's con
tents was largely clover seed, from
hay put in a new barn this year, yet
tne oust was literally alive and mov
ing with tiny insencts, minute worms
bugs, etc. the Eastern newspapers re
port that an insect is getting into the
clover and is causing disease and
death to cattle that eat it. Whether
the insects in this clover seed is that
referred to in the eastern papers is
a matter to be determined, but certain
it is that this half pint of seed, lit
erally moving with insects, will not
do cattle any good. The sample has
has been given to O. E. Freytag for
examination.
Robbers at Willamette
The
postoffice at Willamette was
broken into and robbed Tuesday night
but only about $12 was secured. The
safe contained about $5000 in stamp:
and checks, but after endeavoring to
break it open, it was given up.
The postoffice isi in the Leishman
store, and after giving up the safe the
burglars robbed the cash drawer and
took merchandise, in all to the value
of about $25.
Tuesday afternoon Officers Wood
ward and Cooke arrested James Bliss
and Frank Morgan in this city. On
them was found coins which were
identified by Euald Leishman, a clerk,
and they are thought to be the thieves
iOLEN MILLS
INGREAGE OUTPU
T
AND WILL ADD FIFTY EMPLOY-
ES TO THE PAYROLL
000 NEWS FOR GOOD CITY
argest Woolen Mills West of Rock
ies is in Flourishing Condition
The statement given out by the
woolen mills in this city that the gar
ment department out put will be ma
terially increased, and about 50 new
employees added to the big pay roll,
is good news to the best city on the
Pacific coast.
Already the work of installing the
many new machines and completly
changing the garment factory is un
der way. A large department, for
merly used as a stock room, will be
added to the garment factory, and
the latest machines are being in
stalled. '
There are now employed in this
big factory from 350 to 375 employ-
, drawing salaries from $35 to $70
month, and the addition now under
way will put about 50 more on the
pay rool.
And by the way, when you come to
look back and think back, this fae?
tory has done something for Oregon
City, and has been one of the big fac
tors to make it what it is the biggest
manufacturing city in Oregon.
Do you realize that these woolen
mills have been running steadily and
growing gradually for 60 . years
since 1873 or 1874, so an old resi
dent informs us. And it is the
largest woolen mill and garment
factory west of the Rocky Moun
tains.
This plant is a most valuable as
set to the city from the fact that the
work is light and it gives employ
ment to a class of people that find
work they can do hard to get women
girls,boys and men too old to do the
hard work of other factories.
Nearly all of the work of this big
plant is easy, nearly all piece work
and the waires depend entirely on the
ability of the workers. Some wom
en make men's pay, because of quick
ness and ability.
The factory has steadily increased
its business- during the- many years,
and today its goods has almost a nat
ional reputation, and the plant simply
cannot keep up with its orders. On his
recent trip to the southwest the Cour
ier editor visited one of the lareest
wholesale houses in the south which
bought'its entire garment, robe and
other lines from the woolen mills here.
Many improvements are under way
at the mills, and it is reported the
managers are considering again en
larging the plant to take care of its
increasing business.
All of which is good news to Oregon
City. It is such old time solid con
cerns as this that make a city grow,
and grow with home owners. It is
such established industries that give
permenahcy to city values.
Oregon City's combined pay rolls are
about $100,000 a month. There is not
a city of its size west of the Mississ
ippi that can equal this monthly out
put of coin.
We should have three times the pop
ulation we now have, and we will have
it. for we have everything to bring it
the best employment city on the
coast, witn uie ncnest lurmuiK aim
fruit lands of the Willamette Valley
around it, and a water power that will
never fail.
Twice Across the Continent
In the auto section of the Sunday
Oregonian of October 11, was the
first of an interesting series of ar
ticles written by W. K. Logus of this
city, in the form of diary or narra
tive of a trip he and Mrs. Logus made
from Oregon City to Rochester, N. x.,
and return in a 20 horse power auto.
The first chapter of experiences was
published last week and will be con
tinued each Sunday. If you are not
reading them, you are missing some
thing entertaining.
WILL DOUBTLESS KILL IT
Gary Salary Increase Bill will Prob
ably be Voted Down
There will be a county referendum
measure on the ballot for November
4, a referendum to stop the salary
increase bill for county school super
intendent of this county that was pass
ed by the last legislature.
The Courier s view is this:
That no office should be given an
increase in salary during the term of
the office holder, unless the candidate
came squarely out and announced to
the voters before the election that
he would ask for an increase if he
was elected, and the voters be given
an opportunity of expression.
Superintendent Gary was a candi
date for re-election. During the cam
paign he never made any protest that
the office and salary was not fully
satisfactory. The voters renewed hia
job. Then as soon as the legislature
convened a bill was passed increasing
the salary.
This bill was held up on a referen
dum petition, and it is very probable
the voters of the county will vote
"No" on the salary-raising bill.
Treasurer's Notice
I have funds to pay county road
warrants endorsed prior to May 13,
1913. Interest ceases on such warrants
on date of this notice, October 17,
1913.
J. A. Tufts
County Treasurer
I have a client that wants to borrow
$1,000, good farm security given. I
also have several good mortgages for
sale. If you wish to loan your money
se me, over Bank of Oregon City.
ViOflAO T Tama